. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. he An-gora goats of Turkey. II. It is well to give a few details concerningthe chief product of the goat in Europe, — itsmilk, which is very nourishing on account of thegreat quantity of fat and albumen which it con-tains, and also because it is easy to digest, andcomes from an animal species little subject todisease, having especially great strength of re-sistance to tuberculosis, a disease whicli makes f -Vuliiiiatii m unless boiled or pasteurized, the milk of goatspresents no such danger, and is c\-en a passive
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. he An-gora goats of Turkey. II. It is well to give a few details concerningthe chief product of the goat in Europe, — itsmilk, which is very nourishing on account of thegreat quantity of fat and albumen which it con-tains, and also because it is easy to digest, andcomes from an animal species little subject todisease, having especially great strength of re-sistance to tuberculosis, a disease whicli makes f -Vuliiiiatii m unless boiled or pasteurized, the milk of goatspresents no such danger, and is c\-en a passivepreservative against tuberculosis through theabsence of the bacillus thereof; which doesnot mean, however, that it is an active pre-servative. It is much to be desired thatexperiments should be made in this movement has lalclx been started in theUnited States for the raising of Angora goatsin the foothills of , California, Arizona,and Oregon, bv patients in the first stages oftuberculosis, as a promising means of cure. 192 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. The Support of the Fajiily A belief in the influence of the goat on vari-ous diseases is also very prevalent in thesouthern states and in Eng-land ; so much so that theyare often kept in stables andcow barns to ward off diseasefrom horses and cattle. Many persons, especially inEurope and America, have arepugnance to goats milk onaccount of its bitter taste,the cause of which lies in thefood and general treatmentto which the animals are sub-jected. The goat is notdainty ; it will eat with satis-faction what other animalsreject, such as bark of trees,bushes, wild fruits, berries,etc.; tobacco it considers adainty. In short, it eats any-thing it can get; and if allsorts of bad food are given toa goat, and if, moreover, it isshut up in a damp and dirtystable, it is no wonder if the milk both tastes andsmells repulsive. But if,on the contrary, the ani-mal has fresh air, goodfood, and cleanliness, itwill give good, sweetmil
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